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Zusatztext Drawing on his enduring engagement with the persistence and significance of Rome – the city, the culture, the myth – in the early modern English world, Lovascio sets out to take a fresh look at Antony and Cleopatra. - Iolanda Plescia, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Memoria di Shakespeare Zusammenfassung Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Essays from leading international scholars give invaluable insight into the text by presenting a range of critical perspectives, making the books ideal companions for study and research.Key features include:- Essays on the play’s critical and performance history- A keynote essay on current research and thinking about the play- A selection of new essays by leading scholars- A survey of resources to direct students’ further reading about the play in print and online Antony and Cleopatra is among Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular tragedies. A theatrical piece of extraordinary political power, it also features one of his most memorable couples. Both intellectually and emotionally challenging, Antony and Cleopatra also tests the boundaries of theatrical representation. This volume offers a stimulating and accessible guide to the play that takes stock of the past and current situation of scholarship while simultaneously opening up fresh, thought-provoking critical perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series IntroductionTimelineIntroduction: Domenico Lovascio (Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy)The Critical Backstory: Daniel Cadman (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Performance History: Maddalena Pennacchia (Università di Roma Tre)The State of Art: Domenico Lovascio (Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy)New Directions: After Decorum : Self-Performance and Political Liminality in Antony and Cleopatra: Curtis Perry (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA)New Directions: Determin’d Things: The Historical Reconstruction of Character in Antony and Cleopatra: John E. Curran Jr. (Marquette University, USA)New Directions: Creative Misreadings in Antony and Cleopatra: Julia Griffin (Georgia Southern University, USA)New Directions: The Passion of Cleopatra: Her Sexuality, Suffering and Resurrections in The Mummy and Ramses the Damned : Sarah Olive (University of York, UK)Resources for Teaching and Studying Antony and Cleopatra: Paul Innes (University of Gloucestershire, UK)BibliographyIndex...
